10:09 AM,
Feb. 1, 2013

Brandon Scott Lavergne is seen in August 2012 as he is escorted to the Lafayette Parish Courthouse. Lavergne was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick and Lisa Ann Pate. In a plea agreement to avoid the death penalty, Lavergne pleaded guilty to killing both and was sentenced to life in prison in the Louisiana State Penetentiary at Angola.

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The Daily Advertiser
Gannett Louisiana

LAFAYETTE, La. -- The man who killed a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student in May 2012 wants the names of the witnesses who testifed against him at grand jury hearings and a transcript of a secretly recorded interview with his ex-wife while he was in jail in 2004.

In court filings, Brandon Scott Lavergne, who was 33 when he confessed to abducting and killing student Michaela "Mickey" Shunick, also is seeking a gag order.

In addition, he alleges that someone at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he is serving a life sentence, opened mail he received from the court and ...